English Language Autograph Letters: Kalisch-Kersley

Autograph letters by various authors numbered 1-21:

1. Markus Moritz Kalisch - Letter to Dr. Kalisch, n.d.

2. Robert Reid Kalley - Letter to his sister, London 25 Sept 1846.

3. Sir Robert John Kane - Letter to James Muspratt (1793-1886) founder of Alkali Industry in Lancashiere, 28 May 183?; letter to Professor William Sharpey (1802-1880) at University College London, 8 March 1852, Dublin; letter to Mr Baily, probably William Hellier Baily (1819—1888) palaeontologist, from 1864

4. Alfredo Antunes Kanthack - Incomplete letter, n.d.

5. Sir Bernard Katz - Letter to Paul Emery of 12 Aug 1977.

6. Arthur MacMorrough Kavanagh - Letter to Diane, n.d.

7. Robert Keate - Note re admission of a patient dated 10 April 1823; Letter in third person to Charles Smith, 24 Jan 1833; small envelope with a note on the back addressed to Keate, n.d.

8. Thomas Keate - Letter to unnamed recepiant, n.d.

9. James Keene - Two letters to James Shuter dated 5 Jan 1883 and 20 Aug 1883.

10. John J Keevil - Autograph, n.d.

11. Sir Arthur Keith - Letter to Professor Boyd Dawkins of 18 June 1931 re obtaining a place in the honours lists.

12. Skene Keith - Letter to unknown recepiant re appointment, n.d. (8 Aug ?).

13. John Kelk - Letter to Professor Jean Zuléma Amussat (1796-1856), Academy of Medicine Paris, 16 May 1842, re his friend Mr Reed of York who is visiting Paris to improve himself in surgery and anatomy.

14. James Kendrick, the elder - Letter to Mr Sheppard, curator at Botanical Gardens, Liverpool, 3 July 1807.

15. James Kendrick - Four autograph letters to Joseph Mayer (1803-1886), collector of antiquities, various dates from 1856 to 1881.

16. Kenealy (first name unknown) - Letter in third person to Mr Hayward, n.d. (30 Sept ?).

17. John Kenrick - Letter to 'Rev. Sir' of 20 Oct 1829.

18. Sir Alfred Keogh - Letter to Surgeon general Sir T P Woodhouse of 27 Sept 1917; note with a printed loose sheet Hints and precautions for winter camps and sledging operations, dated 29 Nov 1918.

19. Dr. Claude Buchanan Ker - Signed printed card, 15 Dec 1920, certifying James Brown to have attended a course in infectious diseases at Edinburgh City Hospital; Letter to J.D. Rolleston (1873-1946), n.d. (19 Feb ?) re the usage of adrenalin given after heart failure.

20. Norman Shanks Kerr - Letter to Rev. T. Dixon Spain of 4 Feb 1892; Letter in third person to Mr Weston, 1897.

21. George Durant Kersley - Letter to Col Boyd of 15 March 1940.

22. Norman Ken - Note regarding stamps, 6 January 1877.

23. William Hypolitus Keating - Letter to William Phillips of Lombard Street, London, introducing Mr Loecker who is visiting London, 1 July 1822.

24. Sir Geoffrey Keynes - Letter to Miss Goldie, enclosing a review of Sir Thomas Browne. A Biographical and Critical Study by Frank Livingstone Huntley, 25 November 1962.

Purchased from: Sotheby's, London, July 1927 (acc.45847); Charavay, Paris, March 1928 (acc.67375); Stevens, London, August 1930 (acc.63390); Sotheby's, London, July 1931 (acc.67540); Sotheby's, London, February 1931 (acc.56320); Stevens, London, March 1931 (acc.56474 and acc.56477); Desgranges, Paris, July 1932 (acc.65635); Heck, Vienna, August 1932 (acc.65894); Charavay, Paris, September 1934 (acc. 67126); Glendining, London, December 1934 (acc.67937); Desgranges, Paris, October 1935 (acc.69099); Glendining, London, January 1935 (acc.67947); Desgranges, Paris, October 1935 (acc.69093); Accession details not known (acc.92291); Acquisition details unknown or not recorded for nos. 6, 4-5, 7-8, 10-11, 18-19.

Markus Moritz Kalisch (1825–1885), Scholar, Hebraist and biblical commentator.

Dr. Robert Reid Kalley (1809–1888), Scottish physician and Presbyterian missionary.

Sir Robert John Kane (1809-1890), Irish chemist.

Alfredo Antunes Kanthack (1863 - 1898); Brazilian microbiologist; Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge; Professor of Pathology, Cambridge University from 1897.

Sir Bernard Katz (1911-2003), German-born biophysicist, noted for his work on nerve biochemistry. He shared the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1970 with Julius Axelrod and Ulf von Euler; Professor and Head of Biophysics Department, University College, London, 1952–78, then Emeritus, Hon. Research Fellow, 1978.

Arthur MacMorrough Kavanagh (1831–1889), Irish politician.

Robert Keate (1777-1857) was a noted British surgeon; Keate held appointments to George III and George IV, and later became sergeant-surgeon-extraordinary to William IV, and in 1841 sergeant-surgeon to Queen Victoria.

Thomas Keate (1745–1821), surgeon; Keate was surgeon to the prince of Wales, afterwards George IV; he was the uncle of the surgeon Robert Keate (1777–1857).

James Keene (1834-1883), surgeon; 1878 he was elected Aural Surgeon and lecturer on Aural Surgery.

John J Keevil, librarian.

Sir Arthur Keith (1866-1955), Scottish anatomist and anthropologist; museum curator and paleoanthropologist; a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and Hunterian Professor and conservator of the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons in London; leading figure in the study of human fossils.

Skene Keith (1858-1919), special Assistant Surgeon in the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary until 1888; Consulting Surgeon to the Hounslow Hospital, London.

John Kelk (1798-1873), autor of The Scarborough Spa.

James Kendrick, the elder (1771-1847), botanist; president of the Warrington Natural History Society.

James Kendrick (1809-1882), son of James Kendrick (1771-1847), writer on Warrington antiquities; made excavations at Wilderspool; collected seals.

Kenealy (first name unknown).

John Kenrick (1788-1877), English classical historian; tutor in classics, history and literature; wrote historical and philosophical work.

Sir Alfred Keogh (1857-1936), army medical officer; Director General of the Army Medical Service in 1904 and reappointed to this position at the outbreak of World War I. Under the scheme devised by Keogh, public buildings were earmarked for use during times of war; this far sighted policy proved crucial in World War I. He was appointed Rector of Imperial College London and served from 1910–1922.

Dr. Claude Buchanan Ker (1867-1925), surgeon and lecturer in infectious diseases; graduated M.B, C.M. in 1890 at Edinburgh University; became interested in mental work and took the certificate of the Medical Psychological Association in 1891; his interest turned to infectious diseases and in 1896 he wrote his M.D. thesis on typhoid fever, for which he was awarded a gold medal; in 1898 he became a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and was elected a fellow of the College in 1901.<'p>

Norman Shanks Kerr (1834-1899), physician and temperance advocate, a social reformer; he was a Medical Officer of Health, in St Marylebone, and thought alcoholism was a disease, not a sign of moral failing.

George Durant Kersley (1906–1993), physician and rheumatologist.

Norman Ken (fl.1877).

William Hypolitus Keating (1799-1840), American mineralogical chemist who discovered several minerals including red zinc ore, franklinite, dysulsite, and zinc carbonate.

Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes (1887-1982), surgeon and literary scholar. Younger brother of the economist John Maynard Keynes. Knighted for his pioneering work on blood transfusion during the First World War.